Sokari Ekine

Documentary Photographer, Visual Scholar, Abolitionist

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Location: New Orleans

Nationality: Nigerian British

Biography: Sokari Ekine, Photography Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian Black British genderqueer feminist and abolitionist who has lived and worked in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States. Their work has been exhibited in such venues as the 4th... read on

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Photo Stories 2019 [7:] Nothing Matters

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Mar 28, 2019

Nothing Matters is the title of a poem which inspired a collection of poems and other writings by the same name. The collection was released in March 2017. Nothing matters expresses the frustration with injustice in Jamaica and the coming to terms with the nature of life as a result of it. DJ Afifa

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